ESC Cardio Talk
European Society of Cardiology 217 episodes Nov 9, 2026
The ESC podcasts provide regular recordings from the European Society of Cardiology. Renowned experts discuss cardiovascular advances relevant to daily practice. Check here regularly to stay up to date. You can also be interested in other ESC podcasts: EHRA Cardio Talk, HFA Cardio Talk, ESC TV Today and much more.
Episodes
Journal editorial: Maximising the prognostic value of non-contrast cardiac CT
With Phyo Khaing, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh - UK and Tara Zuhair Kassem University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen - Germany. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial
Journal editorial: Myocardial oedema in Takotsubo syndrome: from diagnostic hallmark to prognostic marker?
With Maria Luiza Luchian and Milind Desai, Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute at Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland - USA. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial
Journal editorial: Reversible remodelling, residual questions: the anabolic-steroid–exposed heart under longitudinal imaging
With Nick Bijsterveld and Harald Jorstad Amsterdam University Medical Centre (AUMC), Amsterdam - The Netherlands. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial
Journal editorial: Connecting the dots in cardiovascular medicine: endometriosis, chronic inflammation and venous thromboembolism
With Elvira Grandone and Concetta Panebianco, San Giovanni Rotondo Hospital, San Giovanni Rotondo - Italy. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial
Journal editorial: Using gap to goal to guide treatment escalation: lessons from VICTORION-Challenge and beyond
With Kausik K Ray and Irene Karungi, Imperial College London, London - UK Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial
Journal editorial: Not all asymmetry is equal: asymmetric septal hypertrophy across hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, amyloidosis and beyond
With Christoph Grani and Nicolas Ciocca, Bern University Hospital, Inselspital, Bern - Switzerland. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial
Journal editorial: An optimally engineered pump, yet an incomplete therapy: biology, residual risk, and the future of LVAD care
With Mandeep Mehra, Mass General Brigham, Boston - USA and Milica Vukicevic, Clinical center of Serbia and School of medicine University of Belgrade, Belgrade - Serbia. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial
Journal editorial: Seeing is not knowing: risk, regulation, and the modern donor heart
With Andreas Zuckermann and Roxana Moayedifar, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna - Austria. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial
Journal editorial: Screening for coronary artery disease in hypertensive patients: targeting symptomatic men or asymptomatic women?—when registry results challenge guidelines
With Juerg Schwitter, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne - Switzerland, Panagiotis Antiochos,University Hospital Centre Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne - Switzerland and Ambra Masi, University Hospital Centre Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne - Switzerland. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial
Journal editorial : Aortic valve calcification in type 2 diabetes: the heavy weight of comorbidities
With Bahira Shahim, Ayah Fayad and Kari Feldt, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm - Sweden Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial
Journal editorial: Decision curve analysis and the incremental value of cardiac MRI in transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis
With Aldostefano Porcari, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London - UK and Stefano Figliozzi, Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano - Italy. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial
Journal editorial: Standard-dose direct oral anticoagulants for Asian patients with atrial fibrillation: the definitive case from COMBINE AF
With Boyoung Joung, Yonsei University, Seoul - Korea and Taehyun Hwang, Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul - Korea. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial
Journal editorial: Sex-neutral efficacy in a sex-biased care continuum: insights from finerenone in cardiovascular–kidney–metabolic syndrome
With Antonia Sambola and Javier Limeres Freire, University Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona - Spain. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial
Journal editorial: Cancer and cardiovascular disease: converging burdens, shared challenges
With Florian A Wenzl University of Zurich, Zurich - Switzerland, Alexander Lyon, Royal Brompton Hospital, London - UK and David Adlam, University of Leicester, Leicester - UK. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial
Journal editorial: Preparing for the cardiovascular risks of tropical storms amplified by climate change
With Benjamin Peter Geisler, University of Oslo, Oslo - Norway and Arnab Ghosh, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York - USA. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial
Journal editorial: From prescription to persistence: guideline-recommended medical therapy in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
With Johann Bauersachs, Hannover Medical School, Hannover - Germany and Samira Soltani, Hannover Medical School, Hannover - Germany. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial
Journal editorial: Computed tomography-guided ablation of ventricular tachycardia: how predictable are VT circuits?
With Philipp Sommer, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Bad Oeynhausen - Germany and Vanessa Sciacca, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Bad Oeynhausen - Germany. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial
Journal editorial: Beyond ischemia and anatomy: functional capacity as a stage-specific prognostic driver in advanced coronary atherosclerosis
With Edoardo Conte and Daniele Andreini, Galeazzi-Sant'Ambrogio Hospital IRCCS, Milan - Italy and Gal Tsaban, Mayo Clinic, Rochester - USA. Link to paper Link to editorial
Journal editiorial: Subvalvular aortic stenosis in adulthood: stable, manageable, but never simple
With Jolanda Sabatino, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro - Italy, Salvatore De Rosa, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro - Italy and Daniele Torella, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro - Italy Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial
Journal editorial: Optimizing anticoagulation quality to improve outcomes in LVAD recipients
With Maria Generosa Crespo-Leiro, Eduardo Barge-Caballero and David Couto-Mallon, University Hospital A Coruna, A Coruna - Spain. Link to paper Link to editorial
Journal editorial: Walking the tightrope: balancing safety and risk in gender-affirming hormone therapy
With Alexander Kharlamov, De Haar Research Force, Amsterdam - Netherlands and Marc Ferrini, Saint-Joseph and Saint-Luke Hospital Centre, Lyon - France. Link to paper Link to editorial
Journal editorial - Cardiovascular child health in a changing climate
With Elena Raffetti, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm - Sweden and Mayank Dalakoti, University of Cambridge, Cambridge - UK. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial
Journal editorial - Fractional flow reserve-guided percutaneous coronary intervention for transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a FAITAVI accompli for better outcomes?
With Morton Kern, VA Long Beach and University of California, Irvine, California - USA and Arnold Seto, VA Long Beach and University of California, Irvine, California - USA. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial
Journal editorial - More than a sidekick: GIP signalling and cardiovascular outcomes
With Florian Kahles, RWTH University Hospital Aachen, Aachen - Germany and Berkan Kurt, RWTH University Hospital Aachen, Aachen - Germany. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial
Journal Editorial - Another piece of the puzzle: long term follow-up of conduction system pacing
With Pranav Mankad and Kenneth Ellenbogen, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond - USA. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial
Journal editorial - Pressure-volume loops and cardiac energetics: finally, is it time to translate historical knowledge to clinical routine?
With Joao Felipe Fernandes, King's College London, London - UK and Debbie Zhao, The University of Auckland, Auckland - New Zealand. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial
Journal editorial - Advanced cardiac imaging in primary prevention: the great challenge we have to achieve
With Edoardo Conte, Galeazzi Sant'Ambrogio Hospital IRCCS, Milano - Italy, Daniele Andreini, Galeazzi Sant'Ambrogio Hospital IRCCS, Milan - Italy and Davide Marchetti, Galeazzi Sant'Ambrogio Hospital IRCCS, Milano - Italy. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial
Journal editorial - Macrophage leukotriene B4 production sustains inflammation after myocardial infarction
With Marie-Noelle Giraud, Faculty of Science and Medicine, Fribourg - Switzerland and Carolina Balbi, Research Centre for Molecular Biology, University of Zurich - Switzerland. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial
Journal editorial - The emerging story of Myval transcatheter heart valve: lessons from the LANDMARK trial
With Marie-Annick Clavel, University Institute of Cardiology and Respirology of Quebec (IUCPQ), Laval University, Quebec - Canada and Paolo Springhetti, Istituto Auxologico Italiano (IRCCS), Milan - Italy. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial
Journal editorial: The dilemma of a correct patient selection for implantable cardioverter defibrillator in non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy
With Domenico Filomena, Polyclinic Umberto I, Rome - Italy and Luciano Agati Sapienza, University of Rome, Rome - Italy. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial
Journal editorial: Is routine imaging follow-up after LAA closure necessary?
With Jonathan Lessick, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa - Israel and Mahmoud Suleiman, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa - Israel. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial
Journal Editorial: Perioperative discontinuation of renin–angiotensin system inhibitors in non-cardiac surgery: is it time to change what we tell our patients?
With Maura Marcucci, Clinical Institute Humanitas IRCCS, Rozzano - Italy and McMaster University, Hamilton - Canada and Mauro Chiarito, Clinical Institute Humanitas IRCCS, Rozzano - Italy and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NYC - USA. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial
Journal editorial: Arrhythmic risk and advanced heart failure in dilated cardiomyopathy: a deadly tango
With Jean-Benoit Le Polain de Waroux, St-Jan Hospital, Brugge - Belgium, and Maarten De Smet, AZ Sint Jan, Brugge - Belgium. Link to European Heart Journal paper Link to European Heart Journal editorial
Journal editorial: ApoB and Lp(a): core measures to assess cardiovascular risk
With Allan Sniderman, McGill University, Montreal - Canada. Link to European Heart Journal Editorial, by Allan Sniderman, Michael J. Pencina and George Thanassoulis Link to European Heart Journal Paper
Journal editorial: With a little HELP from heparin at first medical contact before primary percutaneous coronary intervention
With David Erlinge and Sasha Koul, Lund University, Lund - Sweden Read the European Heart Journal paper Read the European Heart Journal editorial
Journal editorial - Residual cardiovascular risk beyond low-density lipoprotein cholesterol: inflammation, remnant cholesterol, and lipoprotein(a)
With Børge Nordestgaard and Anders Berg Wulff, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen - Denmark. Read the European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging paper Read the European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging editorial
Journal editorial - Has artificial intelligence proven stress perfusion cardiac computed tomography obsolete or more relevant than ever?
With Edward Hulten, Brown University, Providence, and Islam Shatla, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, USA. Link to editorial Link to paper
Journal editorial - When coronary plaque is found in everyone: is anyone really at risk?
With Francesca Coraducci Marche Polytechnic University of Ancona, Ancona - Italy, Marco Guglielmo, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht - The Netherlands, and Anna Giulia Pavon, Cardiocentro Ticino Institute, Lugano - Switzerland. Link to editorial Link to paper
Journal editorial - Predicting the diastolic left ventricular pressure curve non-invasively: how far can echo go?
With Frank Flachskampf, Uppsala University, Uppsala - Sweden, and James Thomas, Northwestern University, Chicago - USA. Link to editorial Link to paper
Journal editorial - Artificial intelligence–derived stress ejection fraction in stress cardiac magnetic resonance with dipyridamole: bridging past insights with future innovations
With Damiano Fedele, University of Bologna, Bologna - Italy and University Medical Center Utrecht - The Netherlands, Marco Guglielmo, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht - The Netherlands, and Anna Giulia Pavon, Cardiocentro Ticino Institute, Lugano - Switzerland. Link to editorial Link to paper
Journal editorial - T1 mapping is not ready to replace the use of contrast agents in stress CMR
With Giovanni Donato Aquaro, University of Pisa - Italy, and Carmelo De Gori, Fondazione Monasterio, Pisa - Italy. Link to editorial Link to paper
Journal editorial - The emerging role of left atrioventricular coupling index (LACI) in heart failure: a new frontier for CMR
With Federico Fortuni and Claudio Bernetti, University of Perugia, Perugia - Italy Link to paper Link to editorial
Journal editorial - Accelerated pacing as a treatment for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and atrial fibrillation?
With Markus Meyer, Lillehei Heart Institute, University of Minnesota - USA, Tim Van Loon and Joost Lumens, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht, The Netherlands. Link to paper Link to editorial
Journal editorial - Multivalvular diseases: look beyond the valves - no way home
With Irene Carrion-Sanchez and Jose Luis Zamorano, Ramon and Cajal University Hospital, Madrid - Spain. Link to paper Link to editorial
Journal editorial - Another piece in the puzzle of atrial fibrillation risk: clinical, genetic, and electrocardiogram-based artificial intelligence
With Shinwan Kany, The University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg - Germany, and Shaan Khurshid, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School - USA. Link to paper Link ton editorial
Journal editorial - The challenge of interpreting cardiac adaptation to exercise: the importance of picking up the training history
With Viviana Maestrini, Sapienza University of Rome - Italy and Sara Monosilio, Sapienza University of Rome - Italy. Link to paper Link to editorial
Journal Editorial - Familial hypercholesterolaemia: need for equitable treatment in women and men
With Raul Santos, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo - Brazil. Link to Editorial Link to Paper
Journal Editorial - Valvular heart disease: the oncoming tsunami
With Kwan-Leung CHAN & Lawrence Lau, University of Ottawa Heart institute - Canada. Link to editorial Link to paper
Journal Editorial - Challenge–skill balance in cardiac surgery: an attempt to explain sex-related differences in coronary surgery
With Torsten Doenst & Philine Fleckenstein, Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena - Germany. Link to paper Link to editorial
Journal Editorial - Looking beyond the right ventricular strain: right atrial strain in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
With Marta Cvijic & Jana Ambrozic, University Medical Centre Ljubljana - Slovenia. Link to editorial Link to paper
Journal Editorial - Quantitative myocardial perfusion and the power of numbers
With Juerg Schwitter, Ambra Masi & Panagiotis Antiochos, University Hospital Lausanne, Lausanne - Switzerland. Link to editorial Link to paper
Journal Editorial - Artificial intelligence-enhanced exposomics: novel insights into cardiovascular health
With Rohan Khera & Evangelos Oikonomou, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven - USA Link to paper Link to editorial
Journal Editorial - Breathing danger: linking air pollution to cardiovascular disease and increased risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm
With Omar Hahad & Andreas Daiber, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz - Germany Link to paper Link to editorial
Journal Editorial - Transatlantic differences in the use of implantable cardioverter defibrillators in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
With Perry Elliott, University College London, London - United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland & Athanasios Bakalakos, Barts Heart Centre, London - United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland. Link to paper Link to editorial
Journal Editorial - Post-ablation cardiac magnetic resonance in ventricular tachycardia ablation: shining light on dark cores and corridors
With Pranav Bhagirath, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Amsterdam - Netherlands & Helmut Puererfellner, Ordensklinikum Linz Elisabethinen, Linz - Austria. Link to editorial Link to paper
Journal Editorial - Tracking changes in 'healthy sleep' for cardiovascular risk assessment
With Dominik Linz & Sevasti-Maria Chaldoupi, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht - Netherlands. Link to editorial Link to paper
Journal Editorial - Prime time for CMR imaging of arrhythmogenic substrate in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
With Christoph Grani & & Katja Odening, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern - Switzerland. Link to editorial Link to paper
Journal Editorial - Long-term risk for atrial and ventricular arrhythmias: a cardinal manifestation of 'the epileptic heart
With Trudy Pang & Richard Verrier, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston - USA. Link to paper Link to editorial
Journal Editorial - Modelling relations between blood pressure, cardiovascular phenotype, and clinical factors using large scale imaging data
With Paul Leeson & Winok Lapidaire, University of Oxford - UK Link to editorial Link to paper
Journal Editorial - Sodium–glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors and mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists synergism in heart failure: it takes two to tango
With Johann Bauersachs & Samira Soltani, Hannover Medical School, Hannover - Germany. Link to paper Link to editorial
Journal Editorial - Aortic stenosis: new insights into predicting disease progression
With Gregg Pressman & Christian Witzke-Sanz, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia - USA Link to paper Link editorial
Journal Editorial - Primary mitral regurgitation and risk models for predicting outcome: time to move to artificial intelligence?
With Luc Pierard, University of Liège, Liège - Belgium & Bernard Cosyns, University of Brussels, Brussels - Belgium Link to editorial Link to paper
Journal Editorial - Translating HARMS2-AF into benefits for our atrial fibrillation patients and the general public: challenges and opportunities
With Gregory Marcus & Chris Wong, University of California, San Francisco - USA. Link to paper Link to editorial
Journal Editorial - Trouble with estimating filling pressure in acute heart failure: lessons from Takotsubo syndrome
With Otto Smiseth & Lars-Egil Hammersboen, University of Oslo, Oslo - Norway Link to paper Link to editorial
Journal Editorial - How to treat left main coronary artery disease: the complementary lessons from trials and registries
With Tommaso Gori, University Medical Center of Mainz, Mainz - Germany & Margaret McEntegart, Columbia University Medical Center, New York - USA. Link to paper Link to editorial
Journal Editorial - Tilt testing evolves: faster and still accurate
With Artur Fedorowski & Marcus Stahlberg, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm - Sweden. Link to paper Link to editorial
Journal Editorial - The never-ending hunt for risk predictors in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: the role of cardiac magnetic resonance tissue characterization
With Perry Elliott & Athanasios Bakalakos, University College London, London (United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland) Link to paper Link to editorial
Journal Editorial - Best timing for exercise in breast cancer patients initiating chemotherapy: what is the answer?
With Ana Abreu, Hospital de Santa Maria Faculty of Medicine, Lisbon - Portugal & Rita Pinto, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon, Lisbon - Portugal. Link to paper Link to editorial
Journal Editorial - Hypertension, brain imaging phenotypes, and cognitive impairment: lessons from Mendelian randomization
With Ernesto Schiffrin, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal - Canada & James Engert, McGill University, Montreal - Canada Link to editorial Link to paper
Journal Editorial - Why Y? The Y chromosome may serve a cardiovascular purpose after all
With Peter Libby & Aeron Small, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School Boston - USA Link to paper Link to editorial
Journal Editorial - C-reactive protein in people with high lipoprotein a: a partner in crime or an innocent bystander?
With Carl Orringer, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine - USA & Michael Albosta, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami - USA Link to paper Link to editorial
Journal Editorial - Reassurance for parents with children born via assisted reproductive technology or too soon to tell?
With Gemma Figtree, & Claire Lawley, University of Sydney - Australia. Link to paper Link to editorial
Journal Editorial - Pregnancy outcomes in women with heart disease: how to improve?
With Johanna van der Zande & Jolien Roos-Hesselink, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam - The Netherlands Link to editorial Link to paper
Journal Editorial - Are we getting closer to treating heart and mind together and bridging the gap for individual patients attending cardiac rehabilitation?
With Susanne Pedersen and Robert Ahm, University of Southern Denmark, Odense - Denmark Link to editorial Link to paper
Journal Editorial - Histiocytes set on the heart: cardiac complications of Erdheim–Chester disease
With Matthew Collin, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne - UK and John Irving, NHS Health Scotland. Link to editorial Link to paper
Journal Editorial - Cancer is a comorbidity of heart failure
With Pietro Ameri, University of Genova - Italy & Wouter Meijers, University of Groningen, Groningen - The Netherlands Link to editorial Link to paper
Journal Editorial - Moving beyond lifestyle: the case for childhood adversity, social determinants of health, and psychosocial factors in cardiovascular risk prediction
With Adrienne Kovacs, Equilibria Psychological Health, Ontario - Canada & Keila Lopez, Texas Children's Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine, Houston - USA Link to editorial Link to paper
Journal Editorial - Wideband cardiac magnetic resonance for myocardial tissue characterization in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators
With Bernhard Gerber, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels - Belgium & Varnavas Varnavas, Cliniques Universitaires St Luc UClouvain, Brussels - Belgium Link to editorial Link to paper
Journal Editorial - Assessing and treating congestion in acute decompensated heart failure: are we seeing the light at the end of the tunnel?
With Alexandre Mebazaa, Hospital Lariboisiere, Paris - France, Paolo Colombo, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York -USA & Alain Cohen Solal, Hospital Lariboisiere, Paris - France. Link to paper Link to editorial
Journal Editorial - SGLT2 inhibitors in heart failure: insights from plasma proteomics
With Manuel Mayr & Clemens Gutmann, King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre, London - UK Link to paper Link to editorial
